Improvement in packing bottles



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T. MORRIS PEROT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PACKING BOTTLES, dc., FOR TRANSPORTATIONy Specification forming part of Letters PatenttNo. 39,950, dated September 15, 1863; antedatcd June 16, 1863.

To all whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, T. MoRRIs PERoT, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Mode of Packing Medicines and other Substances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in placing bottles containing medicines -and ot-her substances in cases or packages having belts or projections so arranged that while the said packages fit snugly together in a box or drawer the main body of one package is free from contact with that of the adjacent package, as described hereinafter. The bottles are thus protected from breakage while the cases are agitated during transportation, at the same time ready access is had to the contents of the packages.

In order to enable others to practice my invention, I will now proceed to describe the mannerof carrying it into effect.

On reference to the accompanying drawl ings, which form a part of this specification, Figure lis a vertical section of a box illustra-ting my improved mode of packing medicines, d'0., for" transportation 5 Fig. 2, a view showing a modification of one of the packages contained in the box.

In the present instance the exterior case containing packages of medicine, &c., is illustrat-ed as consisting of a simple box, A, to which is hinged a lid, B, the latter being secured by an ordinary lock or other suitable fastening, and the box being of such a form and such dimensions as to contain a given number of packages, C. These packages are :made of card-board or other suit-able material, each package being open at the top and provided with a detachable lid or cover, a. To the lower end of each package is iitted an inverted shell, b, of the same form and dimensions as the cover a, or in place of this inverted shell strips of pasteboard or other material of the same thickness as that which composes the covers may be permanently secured to the package at or near the lower end of the same. The packages are deposited in a box of such dimensions that they will fit snugly therein, but so as to be readily withdrawn therefrom, the lids a and shells b of one package bearing against those of the adjacent package, as seen in Fig. 1, so that the main body of one package is free from contact with that of the other.

In arranging bottles containing medicines and hospital supplies to be contained in armywagons, ambulances, and for transportation generally, it has been the common practice to pack the bottles in hay, straw, or sawdust within boxes of suitable dimensions. This is objectionable for two following reasons: First, if the contents of one or two particular bottles only be required, it becomes necessary to remove the packing to search for the desired bottles, and to repack the same after a portion of the contents have been removed, all of which involves the necessity of considerable delay, as well as liability to practice carelessness in repacking the bottles 5 secondly, however carefully the bottles may be thus packed, the straw, hay, sawdust, dsc., are liable to become displaced in conveying the boxes,

over 'rough roads, and the bottles are consequently liable to breakage at times when their contents are most needed.

Hthin each package or case C a bottle, D, fits snugly, but so as to be easily withdrawn. As the main body of each package is free from contact with that of the adjacent package, it will be evident that the body or weakest portion of the bottle must be free from all liability to breakage from jars or concussions. In fact, I have found by practical tests that medicine-bottles packed as described can be subjected to the most severe agitation and jars without being broken.

Another advantage of my invention is this: XVhen the contents ot' any particular bottle are required, there is no time consumed in discovering tlxe bottle, each case or package bcing labeled.

In some cases it may be necessary to usc drawers instead of boxes A, in which case the same system of package is adopted.

In order that the accidental loss of the covers a may be prevented, they may be attached by means of loose tapes or cords to the bodies of the packages.

In the inodiiication, Fig. 2, a simple lid, x, the said packages fit snugly together Within is hinged to the upper end of the packages, a box or drawer, A, the inain body of one the belt or projection a being permanently sepackage shall be free from Contact with that cured to the said package. of the adjacent package, as set forth, 'for the Vithout confining myself to any spccilic purpose specified. number or arrangement of belts or projec- In testilnonywhereoflhavesignedniynanie scribing Witnesses.

package free from Contact with that ofthe adjacent package, I claiin as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The system of cases or packages C C, having belts or projections so arranged that While T. MORRIS PEROT.

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Cummins E. Fos'iiin, JOHN XTH'IL'rn.

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